Hometown picnic features all kinds of fun The eighth annual Dover-Kansasville picnic will take place Saturday, Aug. 24, at Eagle Lake County Park. The picnic is put on by the Dover-Kansasville Betterment Committee and starts at noon at the park – located on Church Road between highways 11 and A, […]

By Jason Arndt Correspondent Union Grove and the Central Racine County Health Department will maintain a two-year commitment, after the Village Board voted Aug. 12 to approve a measure formally making it the agency’s newest municipality. After completing its initial year with Central Racine, following the Village’s discontinuation of services […]

After a hiatus of one year, Leadership Union Grove (affectionately called LUG) is returning with the Class of 2013-14, beginning with an opening retreat in September. All LUG alumni are invited to a kick-off celebration for the new class on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of […]

By Jason Arndt Correspondent Volunteers with Union Grove’s Community Development Authority next week will begin the first round of business walks within the downtown area as part of an  effort to recruit more businesses to Union Grove. “We ask that no Board members be a part of it, in order […]

By Jason Arndt Correspondent Village Board members will be seeking a representative to attend Central Racine County Health Department meetings, following an Aug. 5 presentation by the agency at an Administration/Finance Committee meeting. The Health Department has officially recommended that the Village become a voting municipality on its Board for […]

By Jason Arndt Correspondent After more than an hour of debate Monday night between business owners, the Village Planning Commission voted to amend the conditional use permit held by the R&R Club in downtown Union Grove. As a result, each week the R&R outdoor patio can be open until midnight […]

By Jason Arndt Correspondent Developers with Dollar General presented initial plans to Union Grove Planning Commission members Aug. 5 for building a 9,100 square-foot store on a vacant lot at the intersection of York Street and state Highway 11. The national discount chain is seeking to rezone an area deemed […]

A 21-year-old Kansasville woman is charged with mayhem as an act of domestic abuse after allegedly biting off her sister’s left nipple during a fight around midnight July 28 at a Washington Avenue residence in Kansasville. Wisconsin statutes define mayhem as the intentional infliction of great bodily harm, dismembering or […]

By Jason Arndt Correspondent Parks officials are working to quell concerns that the converted Stokely property – now being used for a soccer field – is the former site of a toxic landfill, an issue recently raised online by a citizen of Union Grove. “This was never a toxic landfill […]

By Jason Arndt Correspondent Fire Commission officials remain unclear about the new residency requirements contained in Assembly Bill 40 and will continue to have a “wait and see” approach, according to the report given to the Union Grove Village Board Monday night. The residency requirements indicate that paid on-call firefighters […]